Manufacturing and Quality Testing Method and Manufacturing Device for a Printed Product Capable of Resisting Abnormal Environmental Changes and Operating in All Weather and Suitable for Hygiene Management Operations, and the Printed Product

ABSTRACT

Provided are a manufacturing and quality testing method and a manufacturing device for a printed product capable of resisting abnormal environmental changes and operating in all weather and suitable for hygiene management operations, as well as the printed product, which relate to the technical field of printing. The manufacturing and quality testing method for the printed product includes the following steps: selecting a material for producing a content component of the product, the material having a structure that exhibits bi-characteristics; preparing a polyurethane adhesive; forming waterproof and weather-resistant images on a sheet material of the content component of the product by an appropriate printing method; performing connecting between the content component of the weather-resistant product and a cover; and sampling and testing are performed to assure quality during the process of manufacturing the product capable of operating in all weather and capable of being disinfected and washed. The printed product can resist extreme temperatures and operate in all weather under abnormal environments, and is cost-effective and durable.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application claims the priority to U.S. patent applicationNo. 62/883,053 filed with the USPTO on Aug. 5, 2019, entitled“Manufacturing method, Equipment and Quality Testing Methods for aPrinted Matter that capable of Resisting Abnormal Changes, Suitable forAll-weather Usages as well as Hygiene Management Operations”, theentirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present disclosure relates to the field of printing technology, andin particular, to a manufacturing and quality testing method and amanufacturing device for a printed product capable of resisting abnormalenvironmental changes and operating in all weather and suitable forhygiene management operations, and the printed product.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Paper made from pulp is a common material for publications. Paperarticles, especially those for young children, must be used verycarefully because they are easily torn during turning of the pages.Special articles, for example, those that are waterproof, aresynthesized from or made by a textile process from chemical compositematerials, plastics, etc. In addition, printed products used on specialoccasions, for example, sports activities, industrial production lines,hygiene management and so on, are often subjected to extremetemperatures and abnormal environments, in which case various intrusivedamage forces caused by turbulence induced by fluids varying fromfreezing to boiling, or turbulence of gases under sub-zero, high heatand steam conditions, can result in different damage to common printedproducts. Any of the above conditions can cause great challenges topaper products, resulting in destructive damage to the structure ofpaper and thus loss of durability of the paper, as a result of which theprinted products cannot be reused.

There is thus a need in the publishing industry to create a printedproduct, to select a suitable material capable of permanently bearingprinted images and to develop a durable binding method. The finishedproduct cannot be damaged under extreme temperatures and abnormalenvironmental conditions, and the final product is suitable for use inall-weather environments and for multiple purposes, and hygienemanagement can be performed to continuously extend the service life ofthe product. This is the practicality of the present disclosure.

The printed product is suitable for the following applications.

1) The printed product can be used for outdoor sports or researchpurposes, for example, for ground or water/underwater activities atsub-zero temperatures, in hot weather and abnormal environments, such asin hot deserts, oceans or swimming pools, humid jungles or steam baths,where printed materials such as information guides, training manuals andthe like will be subjected to extreme temperatures and abnormalenvironments.

2) The printed product can be used for children's books used inkindergartens or nursery schools which may be subjected to severeaccidental pulling when being read, such as destructive friction,tearing, breaking, etc.

3) The printed product can be used in poor or abnormal workingenvironments, such as kitchens, cold storage warehouses, garage repairs,etc. The product can be workshop manuals, record cards, data sheets,posters, etc. The product needs to be durable and particularly resistantto moisture, oil, stains on production lines, hot water, and ice storagespace operations, and be reusable after being cleaned.

4) The printed product can be used in health care service, where itemsof this type need to be disinfected or washed regularly. During suchoperating processes, the items may be subjected to extreme temperaturessuch as freezing wind, hot air, steam, immersion in boiling hot water,and may be subjected to abnormal environments, namely tumbling caused byturbulence of liquid or airflow which has different degrees ofdestructive power.

5) The printed product can be used for children's toy books in the bath.Such toys should be capable of resisting physical destructive forcesgenerated by severe fluid rolling during the bath.

In the business world, there are several publications that can be usedas water-resistant books for leisurely reading in the bath, which are,for example, those published by Maria Carter and Culture & Arts that canbe used in water environments on beaches. The material of these books isa synthetic paper (not a lignin fiber material) made of polypropylenewhich is a kind of semi-crystalline thermoplastic (polypropylene, PP).Additional special treatment such as corona discharge or applying awater-repellent liquid and an ink affinity agent and the like is alsoperformed on the surface of the plastic to achieve waterproof and phaseprinting effects. Another type of bath books is young children's toys.Amazon lists a lot of such products that are made of plastic and sponge.These books are also non-fiber type of books.

It can be seen from the above that synthetic paper and plastic are oftenused to produce waterproof books. Maria Carter and Culture & Arts didnot disclose technologies for producing their books, nor did theydisclose solutions as to how their books could resist extremetemperatures such as varying from freezing to steam encountered duringuse as well as physical and mechanical destructive forces caused bysevere abnormal environments during disinfection and washing, nor didthey disclose quality testing methods for their books.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a manufacturing andquality testing method for a printed product capable of resistingabnormal environmental changes and operating in all weather and suitablefor hygiene management operations, which can produce a printed productcapable of resisting extreme temperatures and normal environments andhaving enhanced durability.

The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a manufacturingdevice for a printed product capable of resisting abnormal environmentalchanges and operating in all weather and suitable for hygiene managementoperations, which can produce a printed product capable of resistingextreme temperatures and normal environments and having enhanceddurability.

The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a printed productcapable of resisting abnormal environmental changes and operating in allweather and suitable for hygiene management operations, which can resistextreme temperatures and normal environments and has enhanceddurability.

The embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented as follows.

In the first aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide amanufacturing and quality testing method for a printed product capableof resisting abnormal environmental changes and operating in all weatherand suitable for hygiene management operations. The method includes thefollowing steps.

In step 1, a material for producing a content component of the productis selected. The material has a structure that exhibitsbi-characteristics which are rigidity and hydrophilicity.

i) Rigidity is provided by a waterproof fibrous tissue with a highstiffness which is formed by mixing and combining waterproof fiberfilaments with an adhesive containing lignin. The lignin is across-linked phenol polymer and is thus combined with the fiberfilaments to form a rigid structure.

ii) Hydrophilicity is provided by liquid-permeable micro-pores whichneed to be formed on the surface of the material when the material isproduced.

In step 2, a polyurethane adhesive is prepared. The polyurethaneadhesive is characterized in that during the chemically curing processof the adhesive, isocyanate and water vapor undergo chemical changes,unidirectionally transform into strong physical bonds, and then becomecured to obtain a cured body. Chains of the bonds are characterized inthat they are not to be damaged or broken when subjected to extremetemperatures, and thus are capable of resisting abnormal environmentalchanges, without their chemical changes being reversed which can causephysical disintegration of the chains of the bonds and thus damage thestructure of the printed product. The cured body should be flexible interms of its physical state and be greatly flexional when used. In orderto reinforce the strength of the irreversible adhesive, waterproof glassfiber filaments with a maximum length of 15 mm may be mixed into theadhesive with a largest volume ratio of the waterproof glass fiberfilaments to the adhesive being 50% to increase the adhesive ability andflexibility.

In step 3, waterproof and weather-resistant images are formed on a sheetmaterial of the content component of the product by an appropriatesingle-side or double-side printing method. An ink used is a fluid ofpigment particles containing micron pigment particles suspended in anaqueous or non-aqueous solution, or a fluid of dye containing the dyemixed in an aqueous or non-aqueous solution. The viscosity of the fluidis required to comply with the physical phenomenon of capillary action.During the printing process, the ink or a vaporized pigment becomes asteam and passes through the micro-pores on the sheet material and isdrawn into a waterproof fiber tissue or gaps between the waterprooffiber filaments by the physical phenomenon of the capillary action, andthen the ink or the vaporized pigment is naturally dried or cooled down,rendering the pigment particles or the dye solidified and permanentlylocked between the fiber filaments or yarns. The pigment particles orthe dye does not melt when subjected to heat and its adhesion is thusachieved. This printing process can be used to print all components ofthe product.

In step 4, connecting between the content component of theweather-resistant product and a cover is performed. The connecting maybe realized by means of a polyurethane adhesive, sewing, mechanicalassembly, or a combination of two or three of the following processes.

i) A binding process in which a polyurethane adhesive is used is asfollows. 1) A position to which the cover is to be connected isdetermined on printed inner page sheet materials, and slot-shapedopenings or boundary holes are cut at the position with a rough cutter,until waterproof fiber filaments at a rough end of the rough cutter areexposed and become loose, by way of which stability and adhesion of acombination with the adhesive is enhanced. 2) The inner page sheetmaterials are folded into separate inner page groups. 3) The separateinner page groups are arranged according to a reading sequence to formthe content component of the product. 4) The exposed loose waterprooffiber filaments of the sequentially arranged separate inner page groupsare combined with the cover by means of the polyurethane adhesive. 5)Then an edge without the adhesive is cut to form a readable publication.

ii) A binding process in which sewing is used is as follows. 1) Multipleindividual printed inner page sheet materials with printed images arefolded into separate inner page groups. 2) The separate inner pagegroups are arranged according to a reading sequence to form thecomponent of the product. 3) All the separate inner page groups areconnected into one piece by a sewing process implemented manually ormechanically. 4) The one-piece separate inner page groups and the coverare connected together with the polyurethane adhesive. 5) Then an edgewithout the adhesive is cut to form a readable publication.

iii) A binding process in which sewing is used and an adhesive is notused is as follows. 1) Printed inner page sheet materials are foldedinto separate inner page groups. 2) A waterproof thread is passedthrough the inner pages and the cover that are overlapped by using aneedle to connect the inner pages and the cover into one piece accordingto a specific threading rule in sewing. 3) A knot is tied at the end ofthe threading rule when the passing of the thread is completed so as toprevent disintegration of the publication. 4) An edge without the threadbeing passed through is cut to form a readable publication.

iv) A binding process is which mechanically tying assembly is used is asfollows. 1) Printed inner page sheet materials are cut into separatesheets. 2) The cover and needed separate sheets are arranged accordingto a reading sequence to form a content component. 3) A hole is formedby punching or drilling along a position where a tying system is to bearranged. 4) Finally, a tying device is installed at the position of thehole to obtain a readable publication. The tying system may bepermanently locked or unlockable, and in the latter case inner pages canbe removed, added, or adjusted to change the reading order according toneeds of a reader.

In Step 5, during the process of manufacturing the product capable ofoperating in all weather and capable of being disinfected and washed,sampling and testing are performed to assure quality. Items to be testedand qualification standards are as follows.

In order to ensure quality of the product, according to applications ofthe product, the test is performed at an expected temperature and in anexpected environment under which the product is used. A test instrumentis used to simulate destructive effects of stretching, shearing,compressing, peeling, tearing, bursting, and puncturing caused byrolling and rubbing produced under an extreme temperature and variousabnormal environmental conditions. The instrument is a refrigeratorproviding a sub-zero temperature, a hot air heater, a steam vortexfurnace, and a liquid boiling pot. Procedures of the tests and thequalification standards are as follows.

1) A temperature, an abnormal environment, and a test duration that areexpected for the simulation operation are set according to theapplication of the product.

2) A suitable test instrument is selected to simulate the destructiverolling and friction produced under an extreme temperature and variousabnormal environmental conditions.

3) A material to be tested with an appropriate size is prepareddepending on the size of the simulation device. Or, the whole product istested.

4) The temperature, the abnormal environment, and the test durationrequired by the test instruments are adjusted and then testing isperformed.

5) Finally, it is analyzed whether testing results meet the standards.The items tested and their qualification standards are as follows.

i) Decomposition test of the material: The edge position of the materialis checked visually with a magnifying glass. The fiber filaments shouldnot be exposed or fall off, and the material should not be structurallybroken or decomposed.

ii) Adhesion test of the ink: A color block used to monitor the amountof the ink used in the printing process is the measurement tool andmeasurement target of the test. If it is determined by a comparison thata difference between density readings on the color block before andafter the test is not less than +/−0.05, it means that the ink is notwashed off and the image does not fade.

iii) Physical bond test of the adhesive; It is visually checked whetherthe structure of the cured body of the irreversibly chemically changedadhesive is melt or disintegrated to cause the cover of the product andthe one-piece separate inner page components to separate from eachother.

iv) Test of the tying device system: It is visually checked whetherstructures of mechanical components are separated from each other,melted, or disintegrated.

In the second aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure providea manufacturing device for a printed product capable of resistingabnormal environmental changes and operating in all weather and suitablefor hygiene management operations. The manufacturing device includes aprinting device, a connecting device, and a test instrument.

The printing device is used to form waterproof and weather-resistantimages on a sheet material of a content component of the product by anappropriate single-side or double-side printing method. An ink used inthe printing device is a fluid of pigment particles containing micronpigment particles suspended in an aqueous or non-aqueous solution, or afluid of a dye containing the dye mixed in an aqueous or non-aqueoussolution. The viscosity of the fluid is required to comply withoperation of the physical phenomenon of capillary action. During theprinting process, the ink or a vaporized pigment becomes a steam andpasses through the micro-pores on the sheet material and is drawn into awaterproof fiber tissue or gaps between waterproof fiber filaments bythe physical phenomenon of the capillary action, and then the ink or thevaporized pigment is naturally dried or cooled down, rendering thepigment particles or the dye solidified and permanently locked betweenthe fiber filaments or yarns. The pigment particles or the dye does notmelt when subjected to heat and its adhesion is thus achieved. Thisprinting process can be used to print all components of the product.

The content component of the product—has a structure that exhibitsbi-characteristics which are rigidity and hydrophilicity.

i) Rigidity is provided by a waterproof fibrous tissue with a highstiffness which is formed by mixing and combining waterproof fiberfilaments with an adhesive containing lignin. The lignin is across-linked phenol polymer and is thus combined with the fiberfilaments to form a rigid structure.

ii) Hydrophilicity is provided by liquid-permeable micro-pores which areneeded to be formed on the surface of the material when the material isproduced.

The connecting device is used to perform connecting between the contentcomponent of the weather-resistant product- and a cover. The connectingdevice is used to realize the connecting by means of a polyurethaneadhesive, sewing or mechanical assembly, or a combination of two orthree types of the following processes.

i) A binding process in which a polyurethane adhesive is used is asfollows. 1) A position to which the cover is to be connected isdetermined on printed inner page sheet materials, and slot-shapedopenings or boundary holes are cut at the position with a rough cutter,until waterproof fiber filaments at a rough end of the rough cutter areexposed and become loose, by way of which stability and adhesion of acombination with the adhesive is enhanced. 2) The inner page sheetmaterials are folded into separate inner page groups. 3) The separateinner page groups are arranged according to a reading sequence to formthe content component of the product. 4) The exposed loose waterprooffiber filaments of the sequentially arranged separate inner page groupsare combined with the cover by means of the polyurethane adhesive. 5)Then an edge without the adhesive is cut to form a readable publication.

ii) A binding process in which sewing is used is as follows. 1) Multipleindividual printed inner page sheet materials with printed images arefolded into separate inner page groups. 2) The separate inner pagegroups are arranged according to a reading sequence to form thecomponent of the product. 3) All the separate inner page groups areconnected into one piece by a sewing process implemented manually ormechanically. 4) The one-piece separate inner page groups and the coverare connected together with the polyurethane adhesive. 5) Then an edgewithout the adhesive is cut to form a readable publication.

iii) A binding process in which sewing is used and an adhesive is notused is as follows. 1) Printed inner page sheet materials are foldedinto separate inner page groups. 2) A waterproof thread is passedthrough the inner pages and the cover that are overlapped by using aneedle to connect the inner pages and the cover into one piece accordingto a specific threading rule in sewing. 3) A knot is tied at the end ofthe threading rule when the passing of the thread is completed so as toprevent disintegration of the publication. 4) An edge without thethreading rule is cut to form a readable publication.

iv) A binding process is which mechanically tying assembly is used is asfollows. 1) Printed inner page sheet materials are cut into separatesheets. 2) The cover and needed separate sheets are arranged accordingto a reading sequence to form a content component. 3) A hole is formedby punching or drilling along a position where a tying system is to bearranged. 4) Finally, a tying device is installed at the position of thehole to obtain a readable publication. The tying system may bepermanently locked or unlockable, and in the latter case inner pages canbe removed, added, or adjusted to change the reading order according toneeds of a reader.

The polyurethane adhesive is characterized in that, during thechemically curing process of the adhesive, isocyanate and water vaporundergo chemical changes, unidirectionally transform into strongphysical bonds, and then become cured to obtain a cured body. Chains ofthe bonds are characterized in that they are not to be damaged or brokenwhen subjected to extreme temperatures, and thus are capable ofresisting abnormal environmental changes, without their chemical changesbeing reversed which can cause physical disintegration of the chains ofthe bonds and thus damage the structure of the printed product. Thecured body should be flexible in terms of its physical state and begreatly flexional when used. In order to reinforce the strength of theirreversible adhesive, waterproof glass fiber filaments with a maximumlength of 15 mm may be mixed into the adhesive with a largest volumeratio of the waterproof glass fiber filaments to the adhesive being 50%to increase the adhesive ability and flexibility.

The test instrument is used to perform sampling and testing to assurequality during the process of manufacturing the product capable ofoperating in all weather and capable of being disinfected and washed. Inorder to ensure quality of the product, according to applications of theproduct, the test is performed at an expected temperature and in anenvironment under which the product is used, the test instrument is usedto simulate destructive effects of stretching, shearing, compressing,peeling, tearing, bursting, and puncturing caused by rolling and rubbingproduced under an extreme temperature and various abnormal environmentalconditions. The test instrument includes a refrigerator providing asub-zero temperature, a hot air heater, a steam vortex furnace, and aliquid boiling pot.

The test instrument meets the following test procedures andqualification standards.

1) A temperature, an abnormal environment, and a test duration that areexpected for the simulation operation are set according to theapplication of the product.

2) A suitable test instrument is selected to simulate the destructiverolling and friction produced under an extreme temperature and variousabnormal environmental conditions.

3) A material to be tested with an appropriate size is prepareddepending on the size of the simulation device. Or, the whole product istested.

4) The temperature, the abnormal environment, and the test durationrequired by the test instruments are adjusted and then testing isperformed.

5) Finally, it is analyzed whether testing results meet the standards.The items tested and their qualification standards are as follows.

i) Decomposition test of the material: The edge position of the materialis checked visually with a magnifying glass. The fiber filaments shouldnot be exposed or fall off, and the material should not be structurallybroken or decomposed.

ii) Adhesion test of the ink: A color block used to monitor the amountof the ink used in the printing process is the measurement tool andmeasurement target of the test. If it is determined by a comparison thata difference between density readings on the color block before andafter the test is not less than +/−0.05, it means that the ink is notwashed off and the image does not fade.

iii) Physical bond test of the adhesive; It is visually checked whetherthe structure of the cured body of the irreversibly chemically changedadhesive is melt or disintegrated to cause the cover of the product andthe one-piece separate inner page components to separate from eachother.

iv) Test of the tying device system: It is visually checked whetherstructures of mechanical components are separated from each other,melted, or disintegrated.

In the third aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide aprinted product, which is produced by the above-mentioned manufacturingand quality testing method for a printed product capable of resistingabnormal environmental changes and operating in all weather and suitablefor hygiene management operations.

The manufacturing and quality testing method for a printed productcapable of resisting abnormal environmental changes and operating in allweather and suitable for hygiene management operations as well as theprinted product according to the embodiments of the present disclosurebring the following beneficial effects.

The material of the printed product is a waterproof sheet material madefrom a strong, rigid and durable adhesive which is formed frompaper-like fiber filaments and lignin having highly stable chemicalbonds. During the process of producing the sheet material, micro-poresare formed by pressing on the surface, and the micro-pores can providecapillary action which makes the material hydrophilic, and thus there isno need to apply a water-repellent liquid and an ink affinity agent. Asa result, compared with traditionally synthesized waterproof papersrequiring special processing and treatment and thus incurring anincreased cost or compared with plastic products, the material of theprinted product is cheaper.

The printed product is durable, conforms to the concept of environmentalprotection, and can be widely used in outdoor sports, industrial andcommercial operations, toys in the bathing, cooking recipes, hygienemanagement services, etc.

The printed product has competitive characteristics and performance. Forexample, it can resist extreme temperatures, abnormal environments, andis suitable for industrial applications or the structure of the productwill not be damaged by destructive forces encountered during specialworks.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to describe the technical solutions of the embodiments of thepresent disclosure more clearly, the following will briefly introducethe drawings that need to be used in the embodiments. It should beunderstood that the following drawings only show certain embodiments ofthe present disclosure, and therefore should not be considered aslimitations to the scope of the present disclosure. For those ofordinary skill in the art, other related drawings can be obtained fromthese drawings without any creative work.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic flowchart of a manufacturing and qualitytesting method for a printed product according to some embodiments ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram of a state in which a content componentof the product is printed on one side or both sides thereof with animage and is then cut to form slot-shaped openings or boundary holes instep 400 of some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of a state in which waterproof fiberfilaments of a material are exposed after slot-shaped openings orboundary holes are formed by cutting in step S400 of some embodiments ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a state after a rotatable cuttingwheel cuts slot-shaped openings or boundary holes by up and down cuttingactions in step S400 of some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 shows a structural schematic diagram of a rough end of therotatable cutting wheel according to some embodiments of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 6 shows a schematic diagram of a size of the slot-shaped openingsor the boundary holes on the content component of the product accordingto some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 shows a schematic diagram of a process of folding the contentcomponent of the product according to some embodiments of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 8 shows a schematic diagram of the content component of the productin a folded state according to some embodiments of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 9 shows a structural schematic diagram of a printed product formedby assembling the content component of the product and the cover intoone piece by using an irreversible adhesive in step S400 of someembodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 shows a structural schematic diagram of a printed product formedby assembling the content component of the product and the cover intoone piece by using an irreversible adhesive into which glass waterprooffiber filaments are added in step S400 of some embodiments of thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 11 shows a structural schematic diagram of a printed product formedby sewing the content component of the product to reinforce an innerpage structure and then assembling the content component and the coverinto one piece by using an irreversible adhesive in step S400 of someembodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 12 shows a structural schematic diagram of sequentially arrangedmultiple individual sheet materials of the content component of theproduct with printed images and having slots and holes on an edge of abinding line in step S400 of some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 13 shows a schematic diagram of drilling holes by a drilling toolused for forming binding holes in step S400 of some embodiments of thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 14 shows a schematic diagram of producing a printed product fromindividual sheet materials using a tying device in step S400 of someembodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 15 shows a schematic diagram of testing that the printed productaccording to some embodiments of the present disclosure, when operatingin all weather, being disinfected, and being washed, is not damagedunder extreme temperatures and abnormal environmental conditions;

FIG. 16 shows a structural schematic diagram of a handbag designed byusing the printed material of the printed product according to someembodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 17 shows a structural schematic diagram of producing devicesincluded in a manufacturing device for a printed product according tosome embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 18 shows a schematic diagram of a binding process in which sewingis used and an adhesive is not used in step S400 of some embodiments ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 19 shows a schematic diagram of a printed product produced by asimple production scheme of single-side printed inner pages according tosome embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 20 shows a schematic diagram of producing a three-dimensional modelin some embodiments of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 21 shows a schematic block diagram showing a structure of amanufacturing device for a printed product according to some embodimentsof the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

In order to make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages ofthe embodiments of the present disclosure clearer, the technicalsolutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be describedclearly and completely below in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. It is obviousthat the embodiments described are only some of the embodiments of thepresent disclosure, but not all the embodiments. Therefore, thefollowing detailed description of the embodiments of the presentdisclosure provided in the accompanying drawings is not intended tolimit the scope of the claimed present disclosure, but merely adescription of selected embodiments of the present disclosure. All otherembodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on theembodiments in the present disclosure without any creative work fallwithin the protection scope of the present disclosure. It should benoted that the features in the embodiments of the present disclosure canbe combined with one another if there is no conflict.

The present disclosure is an innovative all-weather product that iscapable of resisting extreme temperatures and abnormal environments,meeting the requirements for being recycled and reused, and effectivelyextending the life cycle of products, and has a great value inenvironmental protection. Therefore, compared with traditionalwaterproof books, the present disclosure has wider application, acompetitive advantage, and a good development potential.

The present disclosure can provide a new thought on the publishingindustry and provide new opportunities for traditional paperpublications. For example, there is a commercial demand forspecial-purpose reading materials that are suitable for use in extremeconditions. On the other hand, disinfection and washing under suchextreme conditions are required by hygiene management services. Thepresent disclosure sets up new standards for producing products thatoperate in all weather, with respect to special construction ofmaterials (the materials used for printing can achieve waterproof andprinting effects without being specifically processed and treatment), anirreversible cured adhesive, as well as specific preparatory work beforea binding process. Finally, quality test standards are provided to provethe inventiveness of the method of the present disclosure. Thepracticability of this technology can solve the current problem of lackof durability of paper products.

Marketability is concerned with whether a promoted product has acompetitive position in the market. In other words, marketability is toanalyze the relationship between the potential of a product being ableto be sold and the risk of the product not being able to be sold. Thefollowing is an analysis of the marketability of the technology andproduct of the present disclosure.

Cost and Price:

The material of this product is a waterproof sheet material made from astrong, rigid and durable adhesive which is formed from specificallyformulated paper-like fiber filaments and lignin having highly stablechemical bonds. During the process of producing sheet materials,micro-pores are formed by pressing on the surface, and the micro-porescan provide capillary action which makes the material hydrophilic, andthus there is no need to apply a water-repellent liquid and an inkaffinity agent. As a result, compared with traditionally synthesizedwaterproof papers requiring special processing and treatment and thusincurring an increased cost or compared with plastic products, thematerial of the printed product is cheaper. In the printing process, aprinter that can print paper at a high speed is used, which can alsoreduce the production cost.

Customer's Demands:

The product of the present disclosure is durable, conforms to theconcept of environmental protection, and can be widely used in outdoorsports, industrial and commercial operations, toys in bathing, cookingrecipes, hygiene management services, etc. Publishers can issuediversified products to meet demands, and customers will be motivated topurchase the products.

Functions and Performance:

This product has competitive characteristics and performance. Forexample, it can resist extreme temperatures, abnormal environments, andis suitable for industrial applications or the structure of the productwill not be damaged by destructive forces encountered during specialworks. There are no technical solutions and products having the samenature in today's publishing industry.

How to Manufacture:

The manufacturing of the all-weather product requires the use of aspecial bi-characteristic carrier material, a permanent color pigmentliquid or ink, an adhesive that cannot reverse a chemical change, and abinding method that provides durability to resist extreme temperaturesand abnormal environments. The permanent color pigment liquid or ink isused. That is, the color pigment liquid or ink can be locked in awaterproof fiber filament tissue at least for a very long time.

The material used for manufacturing the product should have thefollowing characteristics.

1. The material must be made from strong, rigid, and waterproof fiberfilaments, and is hydrophilic to absorb a printing ink.

2. The printing ink must be permeable, and meet physical operatingrequirements of a capillary so as to be able to penetrate between thewaterproof filaments and tissue in the material and then fuse andsolidify and then be permanently locked in the waterproof filamenttissue.

3. The adhesive must not reverse its chemical change after being curedotherwise physical disintegration can be caused. Among a series ofcuring agents, a curing agent with the highest chemical bond should bethe first choice.

4. A durable mechanical tying system is used, or the mechanical tyingsystem is used in combination with the adhesive mentioned in the aboveitem 3.

The final product can resist the above-mentioned abnormal temperaturesand environments without damaging the structure of the material, theadhesive, binding components and without causing discoloration ofimages, and thus will not cause any structural damage.

The product described in the present disclosure has an all-weatherresistance function and is suitable for operating under various extremetemperatures and abnormal environmental conditions, and thus can meetthe requirements for use in all weather and disinfection and washing.The selected material can be used for printing, and can achievewaterproof and printable effects without being particularly treated.Specifically, the following areas are involved.

i) Rigidity is provided by a waterproof fibrous tissue with a highstiffness which is formed by mixing and combining waterproof fiberfilaments with an adhesive containing lignin. The lignin is across-linked phenol polymer and is thus combined with the fiberfilaments to form a rigid structure.

ii) Hydrophilicity is provided by liquid-permeable micro-pores whichneed to be formed on the surface of the material when the material isproduced.

iii) Capillary action is the physical activity of a liquid inside atube. Due to the difference of cohesion and adhesion in the tube, theliquid rises in the opposite direction against the force of gravity.

The product, due to its resistance to high temperature, can be used as ashort-term recording tool in which case data recorded can be removedeasily by means of heat. This method is to use an ink that vaporizeswhen encountering suitable heat as a writing tool, and when removing therecord, the printed product is placed in a high temperature environmentwhich may be boiling water, or the ink can even be vaporized by means ofa hot iron or by being heated in a microwave oven to remove the writingrecord, which facilitates the reuse of the printed product in allweather.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the manufacturing of theprinted product provided by the embodiments of the present disclosureincludes the following steps.

1) Specifications for materials:

i) The material of contents of the product must have a strong and rigidstructure that is weather-resistant. A waterproof fibrous tissue with ahigh stiffness and a lignin-containing adhesive are combined to form asheet material. A blasting force of the sheet material can be tenpercent greater than that of a sheet material having a same thicknessmade from a traditional pulp. At the same time, the sheet material hashydrophilic micro-pores on its surface.

ii) The printing ink used is a fluid of pigment particles containingmicron pigment particles suspended in an aqueous or non-aqueoussolution, or a fluid of dye containing the dye mixed in an aqueous ornon-aqueous solution. The printing ink should be characterized by highfluid viscosity and high permeability. The viscosity of the fluid isrequired to comply with the physical phenomenon of capillary action.

iii) An irreversible adhesive with high chemical bonds is used. Thecuring process can only be a unidirectional chemical reaction, andchains of the bonds cannot reverse the chemical change to cause physicalmelting or dissolution or adhesion. When the curing process iscompleted, the cured body has a strong physical bond which cannot bedamaged or broken at extreme temperatures. The cured body should beflexible in terms of its physical state and is greatly flexional. Theexpansion force can reach a normal stress of 9 MPa, and the maximumelongation rate is 700%. Waterproof glass fiber filaments may also beadded to the adhesive with the chemical bond to increase the adhesiveability and flexibility.

2) Printing process:

Waterproof and weather-resistant images are produced on the sheetmaterial with a single-side or double-side printing process through anappropriate printing method. In the printing process, the ink isdirectly sprayed or thermally transferred to the micro-pores on thesurface of the sheet material, and is drawn into the waterproof fibertissue or waterproof fiber filaments under the capillary action. The inkis then dried and solidified, by way of which the pigment or dye ispermanently locked between the filaments and enters a permanentsolidified state, and does not melt when subjected to heat. The weatherresistance property of the ink is thus realized. Another thermallytransferring method for an image is to cover the sheet material with acarrier carrying the image formed by pigments, and then use thisprinting process to apply to all sheet material components in theproduct.

3) Preparation project for weather resistance:

Before connecting the product component, a position to which the coveris to be connected is pre-determined on an printed inner page sheetmaterial, and slot-shaped openings or boundary holes are cut at theposition with a rough cutter, or the inner page sheet material is foldedinto separate inner page groups, or the inner page sheet material is cutinto separate sheets for application of a tying project, and then anadhesive with chemical bonds is applied along a construct position ofthe tying project so as to assembly the product. Another type of tyingproject involves punching, drilling or sewing on edges of separatesheets formed by cutting the material, for installing a mechanical tyingdevice.

4) Manufacturing the product:

The cover and the content component may be connected to each otherthrough the following ways:

i) an irreversible adhesive with high chemical bonds;

ii) sewing;

iii) a mechanically tying assembly; and

iv) a combination of two or three of the above.

5) During the process of manufacturing the product capable of operatingin all weather and capable of being disinfected and washed, sampling andtesting are performed to assure quality, and then it is analyzed whetherthe test results meet the standards. The items to be tested andqualification standards thereof are as follows:

i) decomposition test of the material;

ii) adhesion test of the ink;

iii) physical bond test of the adhesive; and

iv) test of the tying device system.

The research background of the present disclosure is that standards ofall-weather resistance, disinfection and washing treatment must be met.The detailed discussion is as follows.

1) The all-weather resistance should be able to resist an extremetemperature from sub-zero to fluid vaporization, a turbulent fluidgenerated in a pool of tumbling, or a friction generated by a mass ofstatic or tumbling air that makes the materials impact each other in anabnormal environment. Such extreme temperatures and abnormalenvironmental conditions can result in destructive forces in the stateof stretching, shearing, compressing, peeling, tearing, bursting,puncturing, etc., or result in the destructive forces of a combinationof the above at the same time, leading to premature aging of thematerial, fading of images, damage to the adhesion force of theadhesive, and damage to the structure of the tying device system. Allthe above-mentioned destructive forces can cause structural damage tothe printed product, breaking the adhesion or tearing the waterprooffiber filaments. The extreme temperatures and abnormal environments areas follows.

i) Sub-zero temperatures: Freezing temperature can solidify the liquidor moisture stored in the waterproof fiber filaments of the material andincrease the total volume.

ii) A condition in which a fluid evaporates into steam or gasifies: Thetemperature of the fluid in an evaporation state will weaken thestructure of the product or dissolve or disassembly the same and shortenthe life cycle.

iii) A fluid rolling environment: In fluid state of different degrees ofrolling, the flow rate can cause the product to roll, and a physicalfriction produced in the process results in the above-mentioned variousdestructive forces.

iv) An air moving environment: Under different flow rates of a rollinggas, the flow rate can cause the product to roll, and a physicalfriction produced in the process results in the above-mentioned variousdestructive forces.

2) Physical methods, chemical methods and electric wave methods arethree common methods of disinfection and washing, and the disinfectionand washing are performed within a specific duration of time at acertain extreme temperature and an abnormal environment selectedaccording to requirements of a method selected among the differentmethods.

i) Physical methods: Disinfection and washing are operated in static ordynamic modes, which involve operation of the physical frictionsgenerated by the extreme temperatures, tumbling fluid or air turbulence.The following challenges are encountered during the operation.

Static mode: Extreme temperatures are adopted to operate. Thetemperature can be from freezing sub-zero environments to hot air orsteam with extremely high temperatures. It can also operate by immersinginto a fluid with an extreme temperature. The applied temperature canoperate recurrently.

Dynamic mode: Physical frictions generated by the random tumblingmovement are adopted to operate. The rolling movement can be thephysical frictions generated by tumbling fluid or air turbulence. Thefluid or air turbulence can operate in combination with extremetemperatures as needed.

ii) Chemical method: The product is immersed into a required liquid poolcontaining at least one of formaldehyde, ozone, plasma, etc. Theoperating time is set according to different characteristics of chemicalmatters, and under turbulent environments with different temperatures,an optimum effect is achieved by a static or rolling and frictionalaction.

iii) Electromagnetic waves: Microwave radiation energy can induce atomicvibrations, and this energy can be absorbed by a variety of substances.The fluid may be one of the substances that respond to this energy, andthe heat diffused during the vibration is sufficient to evaporate water,which is a typical disinfection method.

3) Material and binding and tying device

The materials used for manufacturing this all-weather resistant printedproduct and the binding and tying devices can operate in all-weatherunder extreme temperatures and abnormal environmental conditions orundergo disinfection and washing without being damaged. The product isintended to resist the following:

Destroying the physical structure of the material;

i) Fading of images caused by shedding of printed ink;

ii) Destroying the adhesion force of the irreversible cured adhesive;and

iii) Damage to the structure of the tying device.

4) The sheet material is constructed by bonding or weaving waterprooffiber filaments.

The material is made by bonding waterproof fiber filaments with anadhesive having lignin or by weaving waterproof fiber filaments. Thefinished material has a thickness of from 0.01 mm to 3 mm. The materialshould have micro-pores on its surface, so that the printing ink canpenetrate between the waterproof fiber filaments of the material andfuses, solidifies, and permanently adhere to the waterproof fiberfilaments. It is manufactured through the following ways.

-   -   Multi-layer waterproof fiber filaments and an adhesive        containing weather-resistant lignin are bonded together by using        a traditional paper machine, and then dried and cured, and        finally pressed by a high-pressure roller to form a smooth        surface with micro-pores so as to meet physical requirements of        capillary action.    -   The weather-resistant waterproof fiber filaments are        crisscrossed into a sheet material with a weaving machine. The        vertical and horizontal density of the material can be as small        as a micron distance, which meets the physical requirements of        capillary action.

5) During the process of manufacturing the product capable of operatingin all weather and capable of being disinfected and washed, sampling andtesting are performed to assure quality and then it is analyzed whetherthe test results meet the standards. Items to be tested are as follows:

i) decomposition test of material

ii) adhesion test of the ink;

iii) physical bond test of the adhesive; and

iv) test of the tying device system.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a manufacturing methodfor a printed product provided by the embodiments of the presentdisclosure includes the following steps.

1) A process of selecting materials involving various components of theproduct, which are sheet materials, a printing ink, an adhesive and abinding and tying system.

i) The material of the content component of the product isweather-resistant in structure, and is a sheet material produced bycombining waterproof fiber filaments with a lignin adhesive. The fiberfilaments can be specially-made natural fibers such as cotton or wool,which is then mixed with an appropriate amount of rubber, polyvinylchloride (PVC), polyurethane (PU), silicone elastomer, fluoropolymer,wax and other waterproof materials together to form a sheet materialwith a thickness of from 0.01 mm to 3 mm. Or some of the abovewaterproof materials are selected. The selected waterproof fiberfilament is hydrophilic, which can be permanently fused with theprinting ink.

ii) The component of a printing ink is micron pigment particlessuspended in an aqueous or non-aqueous solution, or a fluid of pigmentparticles containing micron pigment particles suspended in an aqueous ornon-aqueous solution, or a fluid of dye containing the dye mixed in anaqueous or non-aqueous solution. The printing ink should becharacterized in that it has high fluid viscosity and high permeability.The fluid viscosity is required to comply with the operation of thephysical phenomenon of capillary action.

iii) The irreversibly cured adhesive is used to bond the material of thecontent components into a product. Isocyanate and water vapor undergochemical changes. Irreversible bonding means that the curing process canonly be a unidirectional chemical reaction. When the curing process iscompleted, the cured body has a strong physical bond which cannot bedamaged or broken when subjected to extreme temperatures. The chains ofthe bonds cannot reverse the chemical change to cause physical meltingor dissolution or adhesion, resulting in disintegration of materials ofthe content component of the products. The cured body should be flexiblein terms of its physical state and is greatly flexed during reading.

-   -   Formula of the adhesive: polyurethane as irreversible        adhesive=(moisture in the air+isocyanate+CO₂)+isocyanate.    -   The expansion force reaches a normal stress of about 9 MPa.    -   The maximum stretch rate is up to 700%.    -   In order to reinforce the strength and flexibility of the        irreversible adhesive, glass waterproof fiber filaments with a        maximum length of 15 mm can be optionally mixed into the        adhesive, with a largest volume ratio of the waterproof glass        fiber filaments to the adhesive being 50%, to increase the        adhesive ability and flexibility.

2) Printing: The ink is transferred to all components in the product byappropriate printing methods. The ink must have a high fluid viscosityand a high permeability to meet the physical operation of capillaryaction. The process is specifically as follows. The ink is drawn throughthe micro-pores into the waterproof fiber tissue; the pigment particlesor dyes in the ink are locked between the fiber filaments and tissueunder capillary action, and are permanently fused together; or the inkcan be at room temperature or pre-heated, the pigment particles or thedyes are introduced to the micro-pores on the surface of the material inthe sublimation manner, and then cooled down, and the pigment particlesor dyes and the fibrous structure are permanently fused into a solidstate under the physical characteristics of capillary action. Theselected ink can be in a type of pigments, a size of which can be lessthan 20 microns, or can be a fluid of dye. The method for drying the inkcan be naturally drying, oxidation, volatilization, ultraviolet curing,thermal sublimation, and baking.

3) For the binding process, which is all-weather resistant, a specialrough cutting method for cutting a slot-shaped opening or a sewingmethod as well as an irreversible adhesive should be adopted; or abinding method with a mechanically tying device is adopted.

i) Applying an irreversible adhesive to the part with special slots orboundary holes: The irreversible adhesive is used to bond the cover andthe inner page groups together. The curing process of the adhesive is aunidirectional chemical reaction and chains of the bonds cannot bereversed. Stable adhesion strength is provided when the process iscompleted. Optionally, in order to particularly reinforce the adhesion,glass waterproof fiber filaments can also be added into the adhesive.The product made of the cured body can resist extreme temperatures andabnormal environments, and its physical state can no longer be melted ordissolved to prevent disintegration of the product material. During thebinding process, the content component is folded to increase the contactarea for receiving the adhesive, providing the maximum adhesion force.The folded edge of the content component of the book should be roughlycut to form slot-shaped openings or boundary holes, which have a lengthof from 2 mm to 50 mm and are spaced at a distance of from 2 mm to 50mm. The width of the cutting openings is at least 0.1 mm. Loosewaterproof fiber filaments with different lengths are randomly exposedat the edges of the slots or boundary holes. In this way, the fiberfilaments with a loose length can provide a structural anchoring forceto the cured body of the adhesive, thereby enhancing the durability ofthe product. Finally, the edge without the adhesive is neatly cut toobtain a readable publication.

ii) Sewing the inner pages and applying the irreversible adhesivethereto: In the binding process, as the above-mentioned bonding method,the inner pages are folded, multiple groups of inner pages are arrangedin sequence, and the folded inner pages are sewn with a waterproofthread so that all the inner pages are connected to obtain an integratedinner page group. The inner page group and the cover are combined witheach other with a durable and weather-resistant irreversible adhesive.Finally, the edge without the adhesive is neatly cut to obtain areadable publication.

iii) Sewing without an adhesive: In the binding process, the inner pagesand the cover are overlapped and arranged in the reading order. By wayof sewing a waterproof thread is passed through the inner pages and thecover that are overlapped using a needle so that the inner pages and thecover are combined into one piece according to a specific threading ruleof sewing. A knot is tied at the end of the threading rule to preventthe disintegration of a publication when the threading is completed.Finally, the edge without the thread is neatly cut to obtain a readablepublication.

iv) Mechanically binding: The tying device system can be a wire combmade of metal or plastic; a spiral comb; a fastening tape; an adhesivetape; Velcro; a button; a zipper; or a rope. The tying system as a wholewill not disintegrate when encountering extreme environments. In thebinding process, the inner pages are cut into separate sheets; the coverand the inner pages are arranged in sequence, and then punched ordrilled along the position where the tying system is to be arranged; thetying system is installed at this position to finish the product. Thistying system can be permanently locked, or unlockable, and in the lattercase it is easy for a reader to remove, add or adjust the inner pages soas to change the reading sequence according to the needs of the reader.

4) The content component of the product is made according to the type ofprinted product and there are the following options. Whatever theproduct is, it is always necessary to use a waterproof fiber material,form slot-shaped openings or boundary holes by using a rough cutter, anduse an adhesive with irreversible chemical bonds, or a tying system tointegrate all components. The following are the types of products thatcan be produced.

i) Leaflets, posters, envelopes and boxes. The product material iscomposed of at least one or more of the above-mentioned special sheetmaterials, and then produced using a conventional printing industrialproducing device.

ii) Multi-page books. The inner pages consist of multiple groups ofseparate two-page sheets in the editing order; or the inner pages canalso be an inner page group consists of a collection of multiple foldinggroups in a reading sequence with each folding group being 4, 8, 12, 24,32 pages. And then the cover and inner page group are combined togetherby using a conventional printing industry producing device.

5) During the process of manufacturing the product capable of operatingin all weather and capable of being disinfected and washed, sampling andtesting are performed to assure quality. The testing method is asfollows.

In order to ensure quality of the product, according to applications ofthe product, the test is performed at an expected temperature and in anenvironment under which the product is used. A test instrument is usedto simulate destructive results such as stretching, shearing,compressing, peeling, tearing, bursting, and puncturing caused byrolling and rubbing produced under extreme temperatures and variousabnormal environmental conditions. The instrument is a refrigeratorproviding a sub-zero temperature, a hot air heater, a steam vortexfurnace, and a liquid boiling pot. Procedures of the tests and thequalification standards are as follows.

1) A temperature, an abnormal environment, and a test duration that areexpected for the simulation operation are set according to theapplication of the product.

2) A suitable test instrument is selected to simulate the destructiverolling and friction produced under an extreme temperature and variousabnormal environmental conditions.

3) A material to be tested with an appropriate size is prepareddepending on the size of the simulation device. Or, the whole product istested.

4) The temperature, the abnormal environment, and the test durationrequired by the test instruments are adjusted and then testing isperformed.

5) Finally, it is analyzed whether testing results meet the standards.The items tested and their qualification standards are as follows.

i) Decomposition test of the material: The edge position of the materialis checked visually with a magnifying glass. The fiber filaments shouldnot be exposed or fall off, and the material should not be structurallybroken or decomposed.

ii) Adhesion test of the ink: A color block used to monitor the amountof the ink used in the printing process is the measurement tool andmeasurement target of the test. If it is determined by a comparison thata difference between density readings on the color block before andafter the test is not less than +/−0.05, it means that the ink is notwashed off and the image does not fade.

iii) Physical bond test of the adhesive; It is visually checked whetherthe structure of the cured body of the irreversibly chemically changedadhesive is melt or disintegrated to cause the cover of the product andthe one-piece separate inner page components to separate from eachother.

iv) Test of the tying device system: It is visually checked whetherstructures of mechanical components are separated from each other,melted, or disintegrated.

According to the present disclosure, said innovative technology andmanufacturing method is used to manufacture a printed product capable ofresisting abnormal environmental changes, operating in all weather, andproviding hygiene management business operations. The product has thefollowing characteristics.

1) The material of the content component of the product has a structurethat exhibits bi-characteristics which are rigidity and hydrophilicity.

i) Rigidity is provided by a waterproof fibrous tissue with a highstiffness which is formed by mixing and combining waterproof fiberfilaments with an adhesive containing lignin. The lignin is across-linked phenol polymer and is thus combined with the fiberfilaments to form a rigid structure.

ii) Hydrophilicity is provided by liquid-permeable micro-pores whichneed to be formed on the surface of the material when the material isproduced.

2) Due to physical phenomenon of capillary action, the ink is drawnthrough the micro-pores on the sheet material into a waterproof fibertissue or gaps between waterproof fiber filaments. Then the ink isdried, rendering the pigment particles or dye solidified and permanentlylocked between the fiber filaments or yarns.

Referring to FIG. 1, some embodiments of the present disclosure providea manufacturing and quality testing method for a printed product capableof resisting abnormal environmental changes and operating in all weatherand suitable for hygiene management operations. The method includes thefollowing steps.

In Step S100, a material for producing a content component of theproduct is selected. The material has a structure that exhibitsbi-characteristics which are rigidity and hydrophilicity.

i) Rigidity is provided by a waterproof fibrous tissue with a highstiffness which is formed by mixing and combining waterproof fiberfilaments with an adhesive containing lignin. The lignin is across-linked phenol polymer and is thus combined with the fiberfilaments to form a rigid structure.

ii) Hydrophilicity is provided by liquid-permeable micro-pores whichneed to be formed on the surface of the material when the material isproduced.

In Step S200, a polyurethane adhesive is prepared. The polyurethaneadhesive is characterized in that during the chemically curing processof the adhesive, isocyanate and water vapor undergo chemical changes,unidirectionally transform into strong physical bonds, and then becomecured to obtain a cured body. Chains of the bonds are characterized inthat they are not to be damaged or broken when subjected to extremetemperatures, and thus are capable of resisting abnormal environmentalchanges, without their chemical changes being reversed which can causephysical disintegration of the chains of the bonds and thus damage thestructure of the printed product. The cured body should be flexible interms of its physical state and be greatly flexional when used. In orderto reinforce the strength of the irreversible adhesive, waterproof glassfiber filaments with a maximum length of 15 mm may be mixed into theadhesive with a largest volume ratio of the waterproof glass fiberfilaments to the adhesive being 50% to increase the adhesive ability andflexibility.

In Step S300, waterproof and weather-resistant images are formed on asheet material of the content component of the product by an appropriatesingle-side or double-side printing method. An ink used is a fluid ofpigment particles containing micron pigment particles suspended in anaqueous or non-aqueous solution, or a fluid of dye containing the dyemixed in an aqueous or non-aqueous solution. The viscosity of the fluidis required to comply with the physical phenomenon of capillary action.During the printing process, the ink passes through the micro-pores onthe sheet material and is drawn into a waterproof fiber tissue or gapsbetween the waterproof fiber filaments by the physical phenomenon of thecapillary action, and then the ink is dried or cooled down, renderingthe pigment particles or the dye solidified and permanently lockedbetween the fiber filaments or yarns. The pigment particles or the dyedoes not melt when subjected to heat and its adhesion is thus achieved.This printing process can be used to print all components of theproduct.

In Step S400, connecting between the content component of theweather-resistant product and a cover is performed. The connecting maybe realized by means of a polyurethane adhesive, sewing, mechanicalassembly, or a combination of two or three of the following processes.

i) A binding process in which a polyurethane adhesive is used is asfollows. 1) A position to which the cover is to be connected isdetermined on printed inner page sheet materials, and slot-shapedopenings or boundary holes are cut at the position with a rough cutter,until waterproof fiber filaments at a rough end of the rough cutter areexposed and become loose, by way of which stability and adhesion of acombination with the adhesive is enhanced. 2) The inner page sheetmaterials are folded into separate inner page groups. 3) The separateinner page groups are arranged according to a reading sequence to formthe content component of the product. 4) The exposed loose waterprooffiber filaments of the sequentially arranged separate inner page groupsare combined with the cover by means of the polyurethane adhesive. 5)Then an edge without the adhesive is cut to form a readable publication.

ii) A binding process in which sewing and an adhesive is used is asfollows. 1) Printed inner page sheet materials are folded into separateinner page groups. 2) The separate inner page groups are arrangedaccording to a reading sequence to form the component of the product. 3)All the separate inner page groups are connected into one piece by asewing process implemented manually or mechanically. 4) The one-pieceseparate inner page groups and the cover are connected together with thepolyurethane adhesive. 5) Then an edge without the adhesive is cut toform a readable publication.

iii) A binding process in which sewing is used and an adhesive is notused is as follows. 1) Printed inner page sheet materials are foldedinto separate inner page groups. 2) A waterproof thread is passedthrough the inner pages and the cover that are overlapped by using aneedle to connect the inner pages and the cover into one piece accordingto a specific threading rule in sewing. 3) A knot is tied at the end ofthe threading rule when the passing of the thread is completed so as toprevent disintegration of the publication. 4) An edge without thethreading rule is cut to form a readable publication.

iv) A binding process is which mechanically tying assembly is used is asfollows. 1) Printed inner page sheet materials are cut into separatesheets. 2) The cover and needed separate sheets are arranged accordingto a reading sequence to form a content component. 3) A hole is formedby punching or drilling along a position where a tying system is to bearranged. 4) Finally, a tying device is installed at the position of thehole to obtain a readable publication. The tying system may bepermanently locked or unlockable, and in the latter case inner pages canbe removed, added, or adjusted to change the reading order according toneeds of a reader.

In Step S500, during the process of manufacturing the product capable ofoperating in all weather and capable of being disinfected and washed,sampling and testing are performed to assure quality. Test items andqualification standards are as follows.

In order to ensure quality of the product, according to applications ofthe product, the test is carried out at an expected temperature and inan expected environment under which the product is used. A testinstrument is used to simulate destructive effects of stretching,shearing, compressing, peeling, tearing, bursting, puncturing, etc.caused by rolling and rubbing produced under an extreme temperature andvarious abnormal environmental conditions. The instrument is arefrigerator providing a sub-zero temperature, a hot air heater, a steamvortex furnace, and a liquid boiling pot. Procedures of the tests andthe qualification standards are as follows.

1) A temperature, an abnormal environment, and a test duration that areexpected for the simulation operation are set according to theapplication of the product.

2) A suitable test instrument is selected to simulate the destructiverolling and friction produced under an extreme temperature and variousabnormal environmental conditions.

3) A material to be tested with an appropriate size is prepareddepending on the size of the simulation device. Or, the whole product istested.

4) The temperature, the abnormal environment, and the test durationrequired by the test instruments are adjusted and then testing isperformed.

5) Finally, it is analyzed whether testing results meet the standards.The items tested and their qualification standards are as follows.

i) Decomposition test of the material: The edge position of the materialis checked visually with a magnifying glass. The fiber filaments shouldnot be exposed or fall off, and the material should not be structurallybroken or decomposed.

ii) Adhesion test of the ink: A color block used to monitor the amountof the ink used in the printing process is the measurement tool. Thecolor block is measured and the result is compared with the industrialstandard value to find out whether the standard is met. A readingdifference in density less than +/−0.05 means that the ink is not washedoff and the image does not fade.

iii) Physical bond test of the adhesive; It is visually checked whetherthe structure of the cured body of the irreversibly chemically changedadhesive is melt or disintegrated to cause the cover of the product andthe one-piece separate inner page components to separate from eachother.

iv) Test of the tying device system: It is visually checked whetherstructures of mechanical components are separated from each other,melted, or disintegrated.

Referring to FIG. 2, in step S400, the material of the contents 1 of theproduct is printed with an image on one side or both sides thereof, andis then cut by a special cutting method to form slot-shaped openings orboundary holes 2.

Referring to FIG. 3, in step S400, a rotatable cutting wheel 3 operatesin a rotation direction 4 shown in this figure to obtain slot-shapedopenings or boundary holes 2, and waterproof fiber filaments 5 of thematerial is exposed after the cutting process.

Referring to FIG. 4, in step S400, the rotatable cutting wheel 3 as ahole-cutting tool operates following up-and-down cutting actions 4 toobtain the slot-shaped openings or boundary holes 2.

Referring to FIG. 5, in step S400, a rough end 6 of the rotatablecutting wheel 3 as a specially designed cutting tool can tear thewaterproof fiber filaments of the material.

Referring to FIG. 6, in step S400, the slot-shaped openings or boundaryholes 2 on the material of the contents 1 of the product has a length 7i of from 2 mm to 50 mm, and a width 7 ii of from 0.1 mm to 10 mm, andare spaced apart from each other by a distance 7 iii of from 2 mm to 50mm, so that the waterproof fiber filaments 5 are exposed.

Referring to FIG. 7, in step S400, the folding of the material of thecontents of the product 1 is carried out in a direction indicated byarrows 8.

Referring to FIG. 8, in step S400, the folded inner page part, namelythe contents 1 of the product is as shown in FIG. 8.

Referring to FIG. 9, in step S400 of some embodiments of the presentdisclosure, the printed product 13 is produced by a binding method inwhich the contents 1 of the product and the cover 9 are assembled intoone piece by means of an irreversible adhesive 10 to obtain the printedproduct 13.

Referring to FIG. 10, in step S400 of some embodiments of the presentdisclosure, the printed product 13 is produced by a binding method inwhich the contents 1 of the product and the cover 9 are assembled intoone piece by means of an irreversible adhesive 10 into which glasswaterproof fiber filaments 11 are added to obtain the printed product13.

Referring to FIG. 11, in step S400 of some embodiments of the presentdisclosure, the printed product 13 is produced by a binding method inwhich the contents of the product 1 is sewed with a thread 12 toreinforce an inner page structure, and then the content component of theproduct 1 and a cover 9 are assembled into one piece by using anirreversible adhesive to obtain the printed product 13.

Referring to FIG. 12, in step S400 of some embodiments of the presentdisclosure, multiple individual sheet materials of the content componentof the product with printed images 21, 22, and 23 are sequentiallyarranged, and grooves and holes 25 are formed on an edge of a bindingline.

Referring to FIG. 13, in step S400 of some embodiments of the presentdisclosure, a drilling tool 24 is used to form a binding hole formounting a tying device.

Referring to FIG. 14, in step S400 of some embodiments of the presentdisclosure, the tying device 26 is used to produce a printed product 27from the individual sheet materials of the inner pages 21, 22, and 23 s.Referring to FIG. 18, in step S400 of some embodiments of the presentdisclosure, the contents of the product 1 and the cover 9 are overlappedand arranged according to a reading sequence, and a waterproof thread 61is passed through the contents of the product 1 and the cover 9 that areoverlapped by using a needle 62 to connect the contents and the coverinto one piece according to a specific threading rule in sewing. A knot64 is tied at end of the threading rule 63 when the passing of thethread is completed so as to prevent disintegration of the publication.

Referring to FIG. 19, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, theprovided method includes similar steps as described above, and thedifference is that the solution of this embodiment is a simpleproduction method, in which in step S300, the content component of theproduct is printed by a single-side printing method so as to form awaterproof and weather-resistant image on the sheet material of thecontents 1 of the product, obtaining single-side printed inner pages; instep S400, the content component pages each are folded with a surfacethereof with the image being folded inward and then arranged accordingto a reading sequence; the content component pages each are coated withan irreversible adhesive 10 on a surface thereof without the image sothat all the inner pages are combined into one piece; and then the innerpages in one-piece is connected with the cover 9 coated with theirreversible adhesive 10. The production of the printed product is thusfinished.

In addition, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the printedproduct produced is a three-dimensional model. In addition to theabove-mentioned similar steps, the provided manufacturing method furtherincludes a step of producing the three-dimensional model of the printedproduct. The step of producing the three-dimensional model of theprinted product includes: forming, at a determined folding position, acrease-line or slot-shaped openings or boundary holes with a roughcutter to obtain a model component; forming hook-shaped hooks on themodel component for model components to connect with each other; foldingthe model component along the crease-line or the slot-shaped openings orboundary holes at the determined folding position; and pairing andfastening the hooks on each of the model components to make athree-dimensional model.

Referring to FIG. 20, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, theprinted product produced is a three-dimensional model. In addition tothe above-mentioned similar steps, the provided manufacturing methodfurther includes a step of producing the three-dimensional model of theprinted product. The step of producing the three-dimensional modelincludes: an appropriate printing process in which a permanent colorpigment liquid or ink is applied onto a bi-characteristic carriermaterial of contents 1 of the product; a cutting process in which anoutline, a slot 70, a fastener 71, and a folding line 72 are forming bycutting; and an assembling process in which a material on a side of thethree-dimensional model is folded along the folding line 72, so that thefastener 71 is inserted into the slot 70 to form the three-dimensionalmodel. In order to enhance the rigidity of the model, a material forstrengthening the material of the three-dimensional model is attached tothe main material of the three-dimensional model by means of theirreversible adhesive 10 before the cutting process for thebi-characteristic carrier material. This strengthening material can be asame material as the main material or can be other materials.

During the process of manufacturing the product capable of operating inall weather and capable of being disinfected and washed, sampling andtesting are performed to assure quality.

Physical methods, chemical methods and electric wave methods are threecommon methods of disinfection and washing, and the disinfection andwashing are performed within a specific duration of time at a certainextreme temperature and an abnormal environment selected according torequirements of a method selected among the different methods

1) Physical methods: Disinfecting and washing in a fluid or airturbulent environment are performed in a static mode or c s rolling andphysical actions of friction. The physical method includes thefollowing.

i. An item is put in a freezing sub-zero condition.

ii. An item is put in a device providing hot air or steam with anextreme temperature.

iii. An item is immersed into a liquid pool with a set temperature. Thetemperature can be a temperature varying from freezing to boiling.

iv. An item is placed in a device with a set temperature. The device canroll and move randomly, and the set temperature is also a temperature offrom freezing to boiling.

2) Chemical methods: A product is immersed into a required liquid poolcontaining at least one of formaldehyde, ozone, plasma, etc. Theoperating time is set according to different chemical reaction speeds,and under turbulent environments with different temperatures, an optimumeffect is achieved by way of a static or rolling and friction actions.

3) Electromagnetic wave methods: Microwave radiation can induce atomicvibrations, and this energy can be absorbed by a variety of substances.The fluid may be one of the substances that respond to this energy, andthe heat diffused during the vibration is sufficient to evaporate water,which is a typical disinfection method.

During the process of manufacturing the product capable of operating inall weather and capable of being disinfected and washed, sampling andtesting are performed to assure quality.

The all-weather resistance should be able to resist an extremetemperature from sub-zero to fluid vaporization, and abnormalenvironments, such as a pool of fluid or a mass of air in a staticstate, or a friction generated by a tumbling turbulent fluid, or afriction generated by a mass of rolling and tumbling air. Such extremetemperatures and abnormal environmental conditions can result in forcesin the state of stretching, shearing, compressing, peeling, tearing,bursting, puncturing, etc., or result in the forces of a combination ofthe above at the same time, leading to premature aging of the material,fading of images, damage to the adhesion of the adhesive, and damage tothe structure of the tying device system. All the above-mentioneddestructive forces will cause problems such as structural damage to theprinted product, breaking the adhesion or tearing the waterproof fiberfilaments. Examples are as follows.

1) The problem of sub-zero temperatures: A freezing temperature cansolidify the liquid or moisture stored in the waterproof fiber filamentsof the material and increase the total volume.

2) A condition in which a fluid evaporates into a steam or a gas: Such atemperature will weaken the structure, decompose or dissolve theadhesive and shorten the life cycle of the product.

3) A fluid environment: Under different flow rates of rolling fluids,destructive forces of rolling and physical friction may be caused.

4) An environment in which air abnormally moves: Under a flow rate of arandomly rolling gas, destructive forces of rolling and physicalfriction may be caused.

Referring to FIG. 15, in step S500 of some embodiments of the presentdisclosure, in all weather, extreme temperatures and abnormalenvironmental conditions, the printed product is not damaged whenoperating in all weather, being disinfected, and being washed. Washingand drying project 33 are performed under sub-zero 32 freezingconditions 31, at any temperature 34, and under a boiling condition 35at a boiling temperature 36. The above process can be repeated 37.

The materials used for the printed product should exhibit the followingbi-characteristics.

1) Rigidity: Lignin is extracted from high-fiber plants throughfermentation. The lignin is rigid and is not easily affected by externalfactors which can destroy the adhesion of the lignin and thus leads tothe decomposition of the fibrous structure. The preparing method of theprinted product is generally as follows. Natural fibers such as cottonand wool are added into lignin to obtain waterproof fiber filaments oryarns. The waterproof fiber filaments or yarns exhibit characteristicsof high rigidity and can resist physical destructive forces generatedunder abnormal environments and have a waterproof function.

2) Hydrophilicity: Because printing needs to be performed on thefinished material, micro-pores are provided on the surface so that thepigment particles or the dye in the printing ink can penetrate betweenthe waterproof fiber tissues of the material and solidify and fuse,permanently attach to the waterproof fiber filament tissues, therebyalleviating the problems that the printed images fade due to abnormalenvironments or the disinfection or washing environment. The finishedproduct can be used for disinfection or washing projects, and a liquidused will not decompose the structure and the fiber tissues. Therefore,the sheet material is hydrophilic, and has a water resistance not enoughfor the material to be subjected to a pressure of more than 1,000 mm ofwater (9.8 kPa), so as to be suitable for the printing ink, adisinfectant and a detergent to penetrate through.

Referring again to FIG. 1, the manufacturing and quality testing methodfor a printed product capable of resisting abnormal environmentalchanges and operating in all weather and suitable for hygiene managementoperations according to the embodiments of the present disclosure alsoincludes the following steps.

In Step S010, a material of the content component of the product isprepared. In this Step S010, in the process of preparing the material ofthe content component of the product, it is necessary to mix lignin witha waterproof chemical material to obtain a weather-resistant adhesive.In the process of preparing the material, the weather-resistant adhesivepenetrates into the fiber filaments to produce waterproof and curingeffects. Steps for preparing the bi-characteristic material are asfollows, and the material of the content component of the product may bemade by a bonding method or a weaving method.

1) Preparation by a bonding method

i) Preparation of the weather-resistant waterproof adhesive: Aconventional chemical waterproof adhesive used in the paper industry,including at least one of rubber, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyurethane(PU), silicone elastomer, fluoropolymer and wax waterproof material isused. Optionally, the chemical waterproof adhesive material includes atleast one of rubber, polyvinyl chloride, polyurethane, siliconeelastomer, fluoropolymer and a wax waterproof material. Then thechemical waterproof adhesive is mixed with gel-like fiber cell membraneof lignin and the resulting mixture is pulped to obtain theweather-resistant adhesive. A ratio of lignin to the chemical adhesivemay range from 1% to 50%.

ii) The weather-resistant waterproof adhesive is a mixed withcross-linked waterproof fiber filaments (in particular natural fiberssuch as cotton and wool) to form a mixed pulp. During the mixingprocess, the weather-resistant waterproof adhesive also penetrates intothe fiber filaments to achieve waterproof and rigid effects.

iii) The mixed pulp is subjected to high-temperature steaming andboiling, washing, bleaching, and drying in a traditional wood paperproducing device. Finally, rough fiber filaments at the surface arepressed by a high-pressure method into a sheet material having a smoothsurface for further printing. The sheet material has a thickness whichranges from 0.01 mm to 3 mm. In the pressing process, the pressure isrequired as such that the pressure should not press the surface to beabsolutely smooth. The sheet material needs to have small holes of noless than 5 microns on the surface, so that the pigment particles or thedye in the printing ink can penetrate into the material through thesmall holes. Gaps between the fiber filament tissues are equivalent tocapillary tubes, and under the capillary action, the pigment particlesor the dye in the ink are automatically absorbed into between the fiberfilaments by the surface tension of the capillary tubes, solidified, andpermanently fused in the fiber tissues.

2) Preparation by a weaving method

i) Special natural fibers such as cotton and wool are made into wovenyarns by a traditional spinning method.

ii) The woven filaments are immersed into a container containing theabove-mentioned weather-resistant adhesive. The lignin and the chemicalwaterproof adhesive penetrate between the fiber filament tissues and arethen dried to obtain waterproof fiber threads.

iii) Finally, the waterproof fiber threads are woven into a smooth sheetmaterial having a thickness ranging from 0.1 mm to 3 mm. This processdoes not include a pressing process, the pigment particles or the dye inthe ink are automatically absorbed into between the fiber filaments bycapillary action, solidified, and permanently fused in the fibertissues.

In the project of connecting the weather-resistant content component ofthe product and the cover:

In the binding process, a material used in the binding to form theproduct may be an adhesive or a strong tying system. The material mustmeet the requirements of being capable of operating in all weather,being disinfected and washed, and being capable of resisting extremeconditions and abnormal environments without its functions beingdamaged. The standards for the material used in the binding processshould be as follows.

1) The material used to bond the cover and the contents to produce theproduct is an irreversible adhesive. The contents are content componentof the product. The curing process of the adhesive can only be aunidirectional chemical reaction, and the cured body can provide stableadhesion strength. The cured body should be flexible in terms of itsphysical state, is flexional, and cannot be reversely melted, ordissolved or the adhesion thereof can be reversed, which can result indisintegration of the material of the content component of the product.

2) In order to reinforce the strength of the irreversible adhesive,glass waterproof fiber filaments with a maximum length of 15 mm can bemixed into the adhesive, with a largest volume ratio of the waterproofglass fiber filaments to the adhesive being 50%, to increase theadhesive ability.

3) Used in the binding is a firm tying system structure, such as a metalor plastic wire comb, a spiral comb, a fastening tape, an adhesive tape,Velcro, a button, a zipper, or a rope, which is not physicallydecomposable.

Waterproof and weather-resistant images are formed on the sheet materialof the content component of the product by an appropriate single-side ordouble-side printing method.

The ink for printing must be a highly penetrable pigment suspended in anaqueous or non-aqueous solution, or a dye mixed in an aqueous ornon-aqueous solution, or the dye can be sublimated to the micro-pores onthe surface of the sheet material, and then the ink liquid isautomatically absorbed into between the waterproof fiber filamenttissues by the surface tension of the capillary tubes, naturallysolidified, or cooled down to be permanently fused in the fiber filamenttissues. During the process, the ink is preheated to increase itsfluidity, or sublimated and gasified, and then cooled to stably fuse.After the ink is dried, it enters a permanent solid state and a state ofnot being able to be reversely melted.

The used ink may be a pigment or a dye.

i) Pigments: solid pigments less than 5 microns.

ii) Dyes: color fluids.

The pigment particles or the dye, when under capillary action, can enterbetween the fiber filaments and become solidified and permanently fusedin the fiber tissues to be used in all-weather operation, disinfectionand sterilization, and washing and cleaning projects. Methods for dryingthe ink can be natural drying, oxidation, volatilization, ultravioletsolidification, thermal sublimation and cooling solidification, hot air,cold air, and traditional heating.

Referring to FIG. 21, the embodiments of the present disclosure alsoprovide a manufacturing device 20 for a printed product capable ofresisting abnormal environmental changes and operating in all weatherand suitable for hygiene management operations, which is used toimplement the methods in the above-described embodiments. Themanufacturing device 20 includes a printing device 210, a connectingdevice 220, a testing instrument 230, and a producing device 240.

The printing device 210 is used to perform the above-mentioned stepS300. The connecting device 220 is used to perform the above-mentionedstep S400. The testing instrument 230 is used to perform theabove-mentioned step S500. The producing device 240 is used to prepare asheet material and perform the above-mentioned Step S010. For specificdetails of performing the steps, please refer to the description of theabove steps, which will not be repeated herein.

The producing device 240 for preparing the sheet material may be a papermachine or a weaving machine.

i) The manufacturing method in which a paper machine is used: First,waterproof fiber filaments and an adhesive containing lignin are mixedtogether to obtain a waterproof fiber pulp. Then the pulp is introducedonto a forming cloth or net of a paper-making device; the waterprooffiber filaments are interwoven with each other and water is removed byheating to obtain a solid sheet. Finally, the surface of the solid sheetis flattened by a pressure-adjustable drying roller. If the pressure ofthe drying roller is appropriate, the surface of the sheet material willnot be rendered absolutely smooth but still has micro-pores, which meetsthe physical requirements of capillary action. It should be understoodthat, the paper machine is used to perform the steps of the method formanufacturing the sheet material using a paper machine.

ii) The manufacturing method using a weaving machine: Firstly, thewaterproof fiber filaments are drawn into waterproof fiber yarns by athreading method, and the yarns are crisscrossed and woven into a sheetmaterial by the weaving machine. The sheet material has a verticaldensity and a horizontal density that may be as small as microndistances, which meets the physical requirements of capillary action. Itshould be understood that the weaving machine is used to perform thesteps of the method for manufacturing the sheet material using machineweaving machine.

Referring to FIG. 17, the connecting device 220 includes a console 50for operating component machines, a cutting device, a folding device, abonding device, and a picture book assembling device. The cuttingdevice, the folding device, the bonding device, and the picture bookassembling device are connected to the console 50 for operatingcomponent machines respectively. The cutting device is used to cut outslot-shaped openings or boundary holes on the sheet material. Thefolding device is used to fold the sheet material. The bonding device isused to apply the adhesive to the boundary holes on the sheet material.The picture book assembling device is used to assemble the sheetmaterial and a cover together.

Further, the cutting device includes a punching mechanical unit 51 and arotatable cutting wheel 3 that are connected to each other. The punchingmechanical unit 51 is used to drive the rotatable cutting wheel 3 to cutthe sheet material. Optionally, the rotatable cutting wheel 3 has arough end 6. The folding device includes a folding mechanical unit 52and a clamp 53 that are connected to each other. The folding mechanicalunit 52 is used to drive the clamp 53 to perform folding. The bondingdevice includes an adhesive mechanical unit 54 and an adhesive roller 55that are connected to each other. The adhesive mechanical unit 54 isused to drive the adhesive roller 55 to apply the adhesive 10 to theboundary holes on the sheet material of the contents 1 of the product.The picture book assembling device includes a picture book assemblingmechanical unit 56 and a clamp table 57 that are connected to eachother. The picture book assembling mechanical unit 56 is used to pushthe clamp table 57 to combine the sheet material of the contents 1 ofthe product with the cover 9 into one piece to complete a book-makingprocess. The punching mechanical unit 51, the folding mechanical unit52, the adhesive mechanical unit 54 and the picture book assemblingmechanical unit 56 are connected to the console 50 for operatingcomponent machines respectively and work under the control of theconsole 50 for operating component machines.

Referring to FIG. 16, the material of the printed product may bedesigned in the shape of a handbag 41. The handbag 41 has at least oneof a button 42, a hook and loop tape 43, a zipper 44, and a handle 45.The material of the printed product may also be designed into packagingdevices, clothes, and members with special functions attached to bookcovers and inner pages.

The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a printed productmanufactured by the above-described manufacturing and quality testingmethods. The printed product is capable of resisting abnormalenvironmental changes and operating in all weather and is suitable forhygiene management operations.

The printed product according to the embodiments of the presentdisclosure may be mixed with an unconventional paper fiber material toprepare a product.

In summary, the core technology of the present disclosure is to producea printed product that can resist extreme temperatures and abnormalenvironments and can operate in all weather. The product might besubjected to the following conditions when being used.

Temperature: freezing temperatures, hot air, boiling liquids, steam.

Environments: rolling and frictions caused by air turbulence or fluidturbulence in operating environments.

Materials: An all-weather material, namely an irreversible adhesive isused. Glass fiber filaments are used to reinforce the irreversibleadhesive. A durable tying system is used.

Described above are merely specific embodiments of the presentdisclosure and the protection scope of the present disclosure is notlimited to these specific embodiments. Any person skilled in the art caneasily think of variations or substitutions within the technical scopedisclosed in the present disclosure. All such variations orsubstitutions should be covered within the protection scope of thepresent disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the presentdisclosure should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

In summary, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide amanufacturing method and a manufacturing device for a printed productcapable of resisting abnormal environmental changes and operating in allweather and suitable for hygiene management operations as well as theprinted product. Compared with traditionally synthesized waterproofpapers requiring special processing and treatment and thus incurring anincreased cost or compared with plastic products, the printed product ischeaper. The printed product is durable, conforms to the concept ofenvironmental protection, and can be widely used in outdoor sports,industrial and commercial operations, toys in the bathing, cookingrecipes, hygiene management services, etc. The printed product hascompetitive characteristics and performance. For example, it can resistextreme temperatures, abnormal environments, and is suitable forindustrial applications or the structure of the product will not bedamaged by destructive forces encountered during special works.

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 21. A method for manufacturing a printed productcapable of resisting abnormal environmental changes and operating in allweather conditions, and suitable for hygiene management operations, themethod comprising: providing a chemical waterproof adhesive, thechemical waterproof adhesive comprising at least one selected from agroup consisting of rubber, polyvinyl chloride, polyurethane, siliconeelastomer, fluoropolymer, and wax; mixing the chemical waterproofadhesive with lignin to form a weather-resistant adhesive, the ligninbeing in the form of gel-like fiber cell membranes; mixing theweather-resistant adhesive with waterproof fiber filaments to form apulp; processing the pulp with steaming, boiling, washing, bleaching anddrying in a traditional paper producing machine; pressing the processedpulp by a roller to form a sheet material with micro-pores formed onboth sides of the sheet material, the sheet material having a thicknessranging from 0.01 mm to 3 mm, and exhibiting durability and printabilitycharacteristics; forming waterproof and weather-resistant images on oneor both sides of the sheet material by spraying or thermallytransferring an ink or sublimating a dye on the sheet material, so thatthe ink or the sublimated dye penetrates through the micro-pores andfuses with the waterproof fiber filaments, the ink being selected from agroup consisting of pigment particles suspended in an aqueous ornon-aqueous solution, and a dye mixed in an aqueous or non-aqueoussolution; and drying and solidifying the ink, or cooling and solidifyingthe sublimated dye to form a printed sheet material.
 22. The method formanufacturing a printed product capable of resisting abnormalenvironmental changes and operating in all weather conditions, andsuitable for hygiene management operations according to claim 21,further comprising: folding the printed sheet material to form innerpages of a printed publication; arranging the inner pages according to areading sequence; covering the inner pages with a cover; and binding theinner pages and the cover together by a binding process to form theprinted publication, wherein the binding process is selected from agroup consisting of adhering by a non-reversible adhesive and curing thenon-reversible adhesive to form a cured body, sewing with a waterproofthread, fastening by a mechanical fastening assembly, and combinationsthereof.
 23. The method for manufacturing a printed product capable ofresisting abnormal environmental changes and operating in all weatherconditions, and suitable for hygiene management operations according toclaim 21, further comprising: determining a fold position of the printedsheet material to which a cover is to be connected; cutting a pluralityof slot-shaped openings or slit openings along the fold position with arough end of a cutter, such that loose waterproof fiber filaments areexposed along edges of the plurality of slot-shaped openings or slitopenings; folding the printed sheet material along the fold position;attaching the cover to the fold position and the loose waterproof fiberfilaments of the printed sheet material by a non-reversible adhesive,and curing the non-reversible adhesive to formed a cured body; andcutting edges of the printed sheet material and the cover without thenon-reversible adhesive to form a printed publication.
 24. The methodfor manufacturing a printed product capable of resisting abnormalenvironmental changes and operating in all weather conditions, andsuitable for hygiene management operations according to claim 21,further comprising: providing one or more of the printed sheet materialswith the images formed on one side of each printed sheet material;folding each printed sheet material to form a folded sheet material insuch a manner that the images are located on an inside of the foldedsheet material; arranging the one or more folded sheet materialsaccording to a reading sequence; applying a non-reversible adhesive onan outside of each folded sheet material without the images, andadhering the folded sheet materials together by the non-reversibleadhesive; and adhering a cover to the outside of the adhered foldedsheet materials applied with the non-reversible adhesive to form aprinted publication.
 25. The method for manufacturing a printed productcapable of resisting abnormal environmental changes and operating in allweather conditions, and suitable for hygiene management operationsaccording to claim 21, wherein the step of forming the images comprisesone of a single-side printing method whereby the images are formed onone side of the sheet material, and a double-side printing methodwhereby the images are formed on both sides of the sheet material. 26.The method for manufacturing a printed product capable of resistingabnormal environmental changes and operating in all weather conditions,and suitable for hygiene management operations according to claim 21,further comprising: cutting and forming an outline, a slot, a fastener,and a folding line on the printed sheet material by a cutting device;folding the printed sheet material along the folding line; and insertingthe fastener into the slot to form a three-dimensional model of theprinted product.
 27. The method for manufacturing a printed productcapable of resisting abnormal environmental changes and operating in allweather conditions, and suitable for hygiene management operationsaccording to claim 21, further comprising: attaching the printed sheetmaterial on top of at least one additional sheet material by anon-reversible adhesive to strengthen the printed sheet material; andcutting into or cutting through the printed sheet material and the atleast one additional sheet material by a cutting device to form a knockout part.
 28. The method for manufacturing a printed product capable ofresisting abnormal environmental changes and operating in all weatherconditions, and suitable for hygiene management operations according toclaim 27, further comprising: cutting and forming an outline, a slot, afastener, and a folding line on the printed sheet material and the atleast one additional sheet material by the cutting device; folding theprinted sheet material and the at least one additional sheet materialalong the folding line; and inserting the fastener into the slot to forma three-dimensional model of the printed product.
 29. The method formanufacturing a printed product capable of resisting abnormalenvironmental changes and operating in all weather conditions, andsuitable for hygiene management operations according to claim 21,wherein the step of drying the ink comprises a process selected from agroup consisting of natural drying, oxidation, volatilization,ultraviolet solidification, hot air, and cold air.
 30. The method formanufacturing a printed product capable of resisting abnormalenvironmental changes and operating in all weather conditions, andsuitable for hygiene management operations according to claim 21,wherein a ratio of the lignin to the chemical waterproof adhesive rangesfrom 1% to 50%, and the pigment particles have a dimension of less than5 microns, and the micro-pores have a dimension of no less than 5microns.
 31. A method for manufacturing a printed product capable ofresisting abnormal environmental changes and operating in all weatherconditions, and suitable for hygiene management operations, the methodcomprising: spinning natural fibers into weavable yarns by a traditionalspinning method, the natural fibers comprising cotton and wool;providing a chemical waterproof adhesive, the chemical waterproofadhesive comprising at least one selected from a group consisting ofrubber, polyvinyl chloride, polyurethane, silicone elastomer,fluoropolymer and wax; mixing the chemical waterproof adhesive withlignin to form a weather-resistant adhesive, the lignin being in theform of gel-like fiber cell membranes; immersing the weavable yarns intoa container containing the weather-resistant adhesive, so that thechemical waterproof adhesive and the lignin penetrate into the weavableyarns; drying the weavable yarns to form waterproof fiber threads;weaving the waterproof fiber threads into a sheet material by a weavingmachine, the sheet material having micron-size spacings formed betweenthe woven waterproof fiber threads, the sheet material having athickness ranging from 0.1 mm to 3 mm, and exhibiting durability andprintability characteristics; forming waterproof and weather-resistantimages on one or both sides of the sheet material by spraying orthermally transferring an ink or sublimating a dye on the sheetmaterial, so that the ink or the sublimated dye penetrates through themicron-size spacings, and fuses with the woven waterproof fiber threads,the ink being selected from a group consisting of pigment particlessuspended in an aqueous or non-aqueous solution, and a dye mixed in anaqueous or non-aqueous solution; and drying and solidifying the ink, orcooling and solidifying the sublimated dye to form a printed sheetmaterial.
 32. The method for manufacturing a printed product capable ofresisting abnormal environmental changes and operating in all weatherconditions, and suitable for hygiene management operations according toclaim 31, further comprising: folding the printed sheet material to forminner pages of a printed publication; arranging the inner pagesaccording to a reading sequence; covering the inner pages with a cover;and binding the inner pages and the cover together by a binding processto form the printed publication, wherein the binding process is selectedfrom a group consisting of adhering by a non-reversible adhesive andcuring the non-reversible adhesive to form a cured body, sewing with awaterproof thread, fastening by a mechanical fastening assembly, andcombinations thereof.
 33. The method for manufacturing a printed productcapable of resisting abnormal environmental changes and operating in allweather conditions, and suitable for hygiene management operationsaccording to claim 31, further comprising: determining a fold positionof the printed sheet material to which a cover is to be connected;cutting a plurality of slot-shaped openings or slit openings along thefold position with a rough end of a cutter, such that loose waterprooffiber filaments are exposed along edges of the plurality of slot-shapedopenings or slit openings; folding the printed sheet material along thefold position; attaching the cover to the fold position and the loosewaterproof fiber filaments of the printed sheet material by anon-reversible adhesive, and curing the non-reversible adhesive toformed a cured body; and cutting edges of the printed sheet material andthe cover without the non-reversible adhesive to form a printedpublication.
 34. The method for manufacturing a printed product capableof resisting abnormal environmental changes and operating in all weatherconditions, and suitable for hygiene management operations according toclaim 31, further comprising: providing one or more of the printed sheetmaterials with the images formed on one side of each printed sheetmaterial; folding each printed sheet material to form a folded sheetmaterial in such a manner that the images are located on an inside ofthe folded sheet material; arranging the one or more folded sheetmaterials according to a reading sequence; applying a non-reversibleadhesive on an outside of each folded sheet material without the images,and adhering the folded sheet materials together by the non-reversibleadhesive; and adhering a cover to the outside of the adhered foldedsheet materials applied with the non-reversible adhesive to form aprinted publication.
 35. The method for manufacturing a printed productcapable of resisting abnormal environmental changes and operating in allweather conditions, and suitable for hygiene management operationsaccording to claim 31, further comprising: cutting and forming anoutline, a slot, a fastener, and a folding line on the printed sheetmaterial by a cutting device; folding the printed sheet material alongthe folding line; and inserting the fastener into the slot to form athree-dimensional model of the printed product.
 36. The method formanufacturing a printed product capable of resisting abnormalenvironmental changes and operating in all weather conditions, andsuitable for hygiene management operations according to claim 31,further comprising: attaching the printed sheet material on top of atleast one additional sheet material by a non-reversible adhesive tostrengthen the printed sheet material; and cutting into or cuttingthrough the printed sheet material and the at least one additional sheetmaterial by a cutting device to form a knock out part.
 37. The methodfor manufacturing a printed product capable of resisting abnormalenvironmental changes and operating in all weather conditions, andsuitable for hygiene management operations according to claim 36,further comprising: cutting and forming an outline, a slot, a fastener,and a folding line on the printed sheet material and the at least oneadditional sheet material by the cutting device; folding the printedsheet material and the at least one additional sheet material along thefolding line; and inserting the fastener into the slot to form athree-dimensional model of the printed product.
 38. A printed productcapable of resisting abnormal environmental changes and operating in allweather conditions, and suitable for hygiene management operations, theprinted product being made from the printed sheet material which ismanufactured by the method according to claim
 21. 39. The printedproduct capable of resisting abnormal environmental changes andoperating in all weather conditions, and suitable for hygiene managementoperations according to claim 38, wherein the printed product is areusable short-term writing tool on which text is adapted to be writtenwith an ink that dissolves, melts, or vaporizes when placed at atemperature, including any temperature up to a water boilingtemperature, when ironed by a hot iron, or when heated in a microwaveoven.
 40. The printed product capable of resisting abnormalenvironmental changes and operating in all weather conditions, andsuitable for hygiene management operations according to claim 38,wherein the printed product is a handbag-shaped product provided with atleast one additional attachment selected from a group consisting of abutton, a hook-and-loop tape, a zipper, and a handle.